I believe Hamilton said before that Kubica was the only man he was scared of getting into a top car. Everyone else he thought he could handle (And to a degree he has) but Kubica scared him :o Pretty big words for a World Champ to say in all honesty.
As a Vettel fan, I'm really hoping that the outcome of the Championship does not change... after all, unlike Alonso he does not have to rely on team orders; I pity Massa for being treated like that, at least Webber gets some respect.
I really hope Senna does NOT get the seat, I prefer both Petrov and Kovalainen... but that's just me. If they do decide to kick out Petrov then that's just bull, he was the guy who helped Caterham snatch 10th place in the Constructor's Championship from Marussia at the last possible moment by overtaking Charles Pic for 11th place. Speaking of Kovalainen, I can see Perez ending up like him... they both didn't do THAT well in their original teams (Sauber for Perez and Renault for Kovalainen) but for whatever reason got a contract offer from one of the most prestigious teams (McLaren) only to have a mediocre season later on and drive for a bottom ranking team... if Perez can prove me wrong then be my guest, but he only scored points in roughly a third of all the races in the 2012 season (7 out of 20) and I find it most unfair that he gets a seat at McLaren while Kobayashi is most likely getting booted out of F1; it's not that Perez totally wiped the floor with Kobayashi, Perez only got slightly more points than him (66 to 60).
Kovalainen didn't outperform Petrov by that much, in fact for the 2nd to 4th race Petrov finished ahead of him... the total tally is 11-8 (Not counting the first race where they both retired) and Petrov was the guy who helped Caterham regain 10th place by overtaking Charles Pic at the last possible moment for 11th place, not Kovalainen. Kovalainen may perform considerably better in qualifying than Petrov (13-7) but that's for the first half of the season, by the second half Petrov was on level with him. Let's not forget that Kovalainen got to drive for McLaren (One of the best teams) but yet he was consistently outperformed by Hamilton in those 2 seasons... he had his chance to prove himself but he has proven to be rather mediocre.
I wouldn't say that he is mediocre, just because he has been outperformed by Hamilton, obviously one of the top 3 drivers of the past 5-6 years at least. Whilst in 2008 McLaren were one of the best teams, they weren't in 2009. Since then he has been pretty much the best driver within the bottom three teams, and usually is only being outperformed by Petrov due to issues outside of his control.
True Hamilton may be a very good driver, but Hamilton-Kovalainen in 2008-2009 is pretty much the same as Alonso-Fisichella in 2005-2006. Kovalainen not only lost out to his teammate, he also lost to both the Ferrari and BMW Sauber drivers in 2008; not sure how he got to drive for McLaren in the first place... he's not that bad, but he's nothing special either. I can see Perez ending up just like him; the fact that he gets to drive for McLaren whereas Kobayashi is most likely getting booted out of F1 is most unfair because Perez only beat Kobayashi by a small margin (66 to 60) and only scored points in roughly a third of the season (7 out of 20 races); I hope Perez can prove me wrong... I also hope that Kubica returns soon, he is one of the better drivers and his immense talent never really had many opportunities to shine.
With the pace Lotus had this year I could imagine Raikkonen/Kubica. That would be an excellent team.
That would be an exciting prospect, although Lotus would most likely retain Grosjean for 2013... although for 2014 it's another story.
Hahaha those videos were gold. I love that guys channel. In Hungary.. "he's actually made it through the first corner, no crashes and OH!!"
He did? Must have slipped my mind... but at least it's not as dreadful as Alonso; who even got Massa to get a gearbox penalty -.- Apparently Alonso needs a teammate who either needs to be a slave to him or underperform (Fisichella, Piquet, Massa); that's the reason he left McLaren in 2007 because Hamilton could actually provide a challenge and he hated it... he accused Ron Dennis of favoritism towards Hamilton but that's the exact same treatment he revels in... I used to be a fan of him but after a while his antics totally turn me off.
If Massa is able to continue his recent form next year at Ferrari could be very interesting. He clearly hasn't been the same all the way back since his accident in Hungary 09. Alonso has never really had to deal with a competitive Massa before, I wonder what Ferrari would do if say Massa was outscoring Alonso at the beginning of next year.. and what Alonso would do too..
Knowing Alonso, he would probably throw a hissy fit and look for another team where he can make a slave of his teammate >_> I hope he can change the mindset of "I must be #1 all the time!" soon.
Yeah the different points systems have all been shown to give similar results, so in the end it doesn't really matter. Dunno how they came up with 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1
